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Organization for Internet Safety (OIS) form ally announced
From: ron.ogle () thomson net (Ogle Ron (Rennes))
Date: Tue, 1 Oct 2002 19:01:46 +0200
You do notice that MITRE is NOT a member. Why? MITRE is mostly a US Government sponsored organization, and the US Government through Richard Clark has basically endorsed vulnerability discovery and hacking to put pressure on companies to produce better software. Kind of ironic, but the tactic seems to be working. The point is that Steven speaks for himself not that of MITRE. So if the security community doesn't put any credence or trust (Microsoft?) into this group, then it is good as dead on arrival. It is clear that the US Government will not back it. The threat would be that Microsoft with its billions would lobby Congress to enact some type of law. So we have to be vigilant and poignant from a grass-roots level and let the Congressmen know what is right. Ron Ogle Rennes, France
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2002 14:22:19 +0300 From: Georgi Guninski <guninski () guninski com> Reply-To: guninski () guninski com To: "Steven M. Christey" <coley () linus mitre org> CC: full-disclosure () lists netsys com Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Organization for Internet Safety (OIS) formally announced So this is a bunch of companies, now what? I want to question the credibilty of this bunch. Everyone can register an .org and claim to be the most important bunch on earth.
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Georgi Guninski http://www.guninski.com Steven M. Christey wrote:
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The founding members are: @stake, BindView, CalderaInternational (TheSCO Group), Foundstone, Guardent, ISS, Microsoft, NAI, Oracle, SGI, and Symantec. Note that my employer, MITRE, is not a member of OIS. This often causes confusion because I have been involved in writing documents that OIS may use as part of their own policies.
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The FAQ should be of high interest to anybody who does vulnerability research. - Steve _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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